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Sriracha sauce may have inspired its own cult-like following, but neighbors of its Southern California factory are decidedly not fans: Now, a judge has denied Irwindale's attempt to shut down production of the popular chili sauce over the pungent pepper and garlic fumes emanating from the Huy Fong Foods plant. The sprawling 650,000-square-foot factory processes some 100 million pounds of peppers a year into Sriracha and two other popular Asian food sauces.

Residents have complained the odor gives them headaches, burns their throat, and makes their eyes water. Huy Fong executives say they've been cooperating with the city to reduce the smell, but balked at the city's suggestion of putting in a new, $600,000 filtration system. The company said it was looking into other alternatives when the city sued.

There's a Perdue chicken processing plant in Delaware that would peel paint off your car as you drive past it.

Rugger1

Oct 31, 2013 9:35 PM CDT

quash verb: 1. reject or void, esp. by legal procedure. squash verb: 1.crush or squeeze (something) with force so that it becomes flat, soft, or out of shape. 2. squeeze or force (someone or something) into a small or restricted space. I'll bet the author believes if the appellate court overturns the ruling, the argument will be "mute"... get an education, FFS.

Winston_Smith

Oct 31, 2013 5:46 PM CDT

I grew up in a coastal Mississippi town that had a creosote plant, an oil refinery and a paper mill. The good news was that we didn't usually smell any of them, because of the pogy plant. Ahhh, memories.